princess_leia wrote:hmmm I'm not sure now what's going on but I'm sure Brunt said the father had killed himself too. I may have misheard. Sorry! Hopefully it will be made clearer in the next report.

yes probably ...but it is what made me listen when it said the father was appearing in court.....well hopefully he will not be dead.....it would be too good for him.....yes it has just said he appeared in a court at carlisle...and he lived in Barcelona....

Well, she's certainly lost them now ...permanently. The father, a Martin Smith, had been on the run with this woman for two years so presumably she knew about the charges against him (abuse and rape of a child) and was willing to help him in his attempt to escape justice.

fedrules wrote:Well, she's certainly lost them now ...permanently. The father, a Martin Smith, had been on the run with this woman for two years so presumably she knew about the charges against him (abuse and rape of a child) and was willing to help him in his attempt to escape justice.

Why didn't she just kill herself - how despicable!

Those poor little children. This story just keeps getting worse and worse.

He was wanted on charges relating to a 10-year period from 1995-2005. Perhaps he abused the child of a previous partner..According to the bbc, he is the mother's former partner, but the Mail claim they've been on the run together since 2008 so it's hard to know what to believe.

Justiceforallkids wrote:did i read corectly that this dad killled himself???? he must of loved his children......... what the wife did is despicible no matter if this man was the father they were still his kids.......

No he didn't kill himself. I got it wrong.

The father has appeared in court this morning on charges relating to sex offences against children. No one knows if it's his own children he abused or others.

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